Safety-catch.



C. A. GOOZEY.

SAFETY CATCH.

APPLICATION mm FEB. 14. me.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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mam 4 To all whom itmay concerm Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. GoozEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Providene,in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Safety-Catches, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relatesto improvements in safety catches for pins such as those used-on breast pins, brooches and other expensive jewelry, The object of this invention is to provide a lock that is strong and very durable and one that will not deteriorate by hard and constant usage." Thecatch is for the purpose of receiving and securing the pointed end of the pin tongueso as to effectually prevent the same from becoming released or unfastened and so prevent the loss of the article to which it is attached.

A further object of this invention is to provide such a safety catch having a hook and shank portion and a swinging member pivoted in the shank portion and adapted to be moved across to close the mouth of the shank and to provide means for frictionally engaging the swinging member on both sides and releasably retain it either in open or closed position.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1- is a side elevation showing a pin with my improved catch as retaining the pointed end of the pin stem.

Fig. 2 shows the blank from which the hook and its shank are formed as constructed from sheet stock.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the hook and shank members.

Fig. is a perspective view of the closing lever removed from the hook member.

Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation showing the lever mounted in the hook member and moved to closed position..

Fig. 6 is the same as Fig 4, but with the lever moved to open position.

Fig. 7- is a top View showing the spring fingers as retaining the lever in closed position.

Fig. 8 is the same as Fig.6, but showi Spqcificatio rof Iiettersl latent.

T Patented 11151216, 1918.

Application 'filed'Fe'bruary 14, 1916. Serial No. 78,108.

ing the operating arm as retained in open position by the spring fingers.

' Fig.- 9 is-a near view of the'hook member with the lever member removed.

-- Fig. 10 is a modification showing the the hook which is provided with a shank portion- 11,- the a whole being preferably stamped out of sheet stock originally in the general form illustrated in Fig. 2. From the upperen'd of'this' blank the hook portion,10 is formed by being bent over forwardlythen the edges 12 of Itheishank are folded rearwardly providing side walls 13 from which extend the yieldable fingers 14, the extremities of which extend inwardly toward each other, which are for the purpose presently described, and the back portion of this shank is provided with an elongated slot 15. An extension portion 16 is provided forming two side wings, which are perferably folded under as illustrated at 17 in Fig. 9 forming a broad base by which the hook may be soldered 'or otherwise secured to the back of the pin or brooch.

In the lower part of the shank portion and between the side walls 13 is pivoted a lever which is provided with two arms, one arm 20 being arranged to extend through the slot or opening 15 in the shank and is adapted to swing across the mouth of the hook to close the same when desired. This lever is also provided with an operating arm 21 which extends upwardly and rearwardly between the side walls 13 and between the yieldable fingers 14 in such position, that when moved to closed position the extremity of these fingers will reach around and engage the back edge of this operating arm and so releasably hold the lever in closed position, and when the lever is thrown to this open position these fingers will engage the inner edge of the operating arm and so releasably hold the same in open position.

The upper end 23 of this lever is provided with an extension which sets back from the hook so that it may be readily engaged by the operator to swing the lever to the position desired.

By my improved construction I am enabled to produce a safety catch that works between two opposing resilient walls whereby it is very strong and durable and cannot wear out or get out of order by any amount of usage, this catchbeing very effective in its operation and one which is also inexpensive to construct.

The modification illustrated in Fig. 10 shows substantially the same mechanism as that above described with the exception that its shank 25 is provided with a U- shaped opening at its upper end instead of a hook portion formed on its side, which opening is adapted to be closed by the finger 2-7 formed on the lever 26, the same being pivoted at 28 near-the bottom of the shank and this lever is releasably held either in open or closed position by the spring fingers 29.

"I have shown andadescribed one construction-of my safety catch but its details of construction may be altered if desired with out departing from the spirit and scope of this inventionas it is understood that the terms employed although specific are used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for the purpose of limitation, the broad idea being that the closing member is designed to operate between the resilient walls which engage the same on both sides to so yieldingly retain it either in operative or in inoperative position as desired.

I claim:

A safety catch comprising a sheet metal body member having an attaching base and a pin-tongue receiving opening, said body being shaped to provide parallel side walls which are provided with integral resilient extensions having inturned extremities, a lever member having an arm adapted to close said opening, and means for pivotally supporting said lever in a position to swing wholly past said inturned extremities when shifted to either extreme of its movement whereby it is releasably retained in either open or closed position.

Intestimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence ofa witness.

Witness A. F. MAOREADY.

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